For over 50 years, Substance Use & Misuse (formerly The International Journal of the Addictions) has provided a unique international multidisciplinary venue for the exchange of original research, theories, policy analyses, and unresolved issues concerning substance use and misuse (licit and illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and eating disorders). Guest editors for special issues devoted to single topics of current concern are invited.

Topics covered include:

Clinical trials and clinical research (treatment and prevention of substance misuse and related infectious diseases)

Epidemiology of substance misuse and related infectious diseases

Social pharmacology

Meta-analyses and systematic reviews

Translation of scientific findings to real world clinical and other settings

Adolescent and student-focused research

State of the art quantitative and qualitative research

Policy analyses

Negative results and intervention failures that are instructive

Validity studies of instruments, scales, and tests that are generalizable

Critiques and essays on unresolved issues

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

《Substance Use & Misuse》是一本由TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC出版商出版的专业医学期刊，该刊创刊于1996年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE、SSCI收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：医学 4区，小类学科：精神病学 4区；心理学 4区；药物滥用 4区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q3。该刊发文范围涵盖精神病学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外精神病学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为2.362，平均审稿速度偏慢,4-8周。